Cotton-machine.



JLC. CONRAD.

' COTTON MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APRA. 1913.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR l TTURNEY ..Patnted 0013131914.

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To (ill whom eamm- 1 Beit known thatIg, JOSHUA C'. CQN RA D,

L a citiaenof,theUnited States, residing 'at' i (ement .county of,Caddo, and State. of Okla;

h'omn, have invented certain net-v, and useful- My invention relates ,tocotton machines,

ing a'nd 'the seed to'the oil mills. con:

siderable amoun'tfofcotton remains mthe "hulls after ginning iorseparating and thls"v has heretofore been I burned with. the hulls;

and furthermorethere is considerable cotton with the seed when they arecome dth theoil mills. -The see d cotton w1thutie'j -p'ort-1on of hullsand foreign matter is'separated from the seed at the mill ,and xforms"-the, grabole's, which argenerally used for fuel.

'11; isthe object of my invention to provide machine particularly"adapted to i'ecorer- '4 ing the cotton left in thehu'llsafterleavingthe-gins or'from. other separators and the cotton contained "in;the graboles as itcomesfrom the oil mills, w

With these and other objectsiiiyiewa,

which will appear hereinafter myifivention' consists generally in apluralitygofflrotary savtstmeans for feeding the hulls or grabolescontaining the seedfcotton slowly acres's the face ofsaid'saws; meansforbeating .back the hulls and foreign .matter from the-saws and means forremox ing theseed cotton from the saws.

.It isto be understood that: this will not gin the cotton, but merelyremoves the seed cottonfrom the hulls and foreign matter. 7

My invention further'c'onsistsina certain construction and arrangementofrthe means for beating back the hulls and foreignmat ter whereby saidmeans shall also serve to assist in feeding 'the'material through themachine.

My inventiondetails of construction and. arrangements of parts all'as-will be fully described hereinafter and particularly lp ointed. outin the claims. 7

My invention twill be more readily underthe usual practica -"afterextracting the bul'kof cottonlfro'm' the hulls and seed by ginning, orby means of'other separators,

. to conreythe hulls to the, furnace for burnfed down the breast l to aconveyer further consists in 'various v Specification o l ette r'sPatent-" IatGHtGd 1914- ApplicationfiledApt-34 F313. gSrialNo, 758.829.

' by-"l'eferenc e -to the accompanying drawings through a cotton machineembodying .my in yention, and Fig.f2- is a, fragmentary plan 'view ofthe .mechanisma portion of the easfn'ibeing-shown. in sect1o'n.{

Referring now to dr'awings 1' ind cates.

a suitable casing mountedwp'ona frame *2.

and-"provided with an. inlet openingl iii Hi;

through" i'vhi'ch the I hulls or graboler is, the seedcotton and-othersubstances screenedfrom the seedat the oil mills, is

eonveyer" comprises a worm'orsc'rew which maybe continuous or mutilatedas pre-,

' ferred,'-the object of the=conveyer being to 'carry'the materialslowly f1'omione-:end.,o f

the machine to the other across the face of [the saws as will appear'hereinaf er.

plurality/ of; saws-7 spaced apart by inter The . lflxtendinglongitudinally thro" gh the cas 1' mg lis a shaft'fi upon which-ismounted a mediate blocks 8. The'teeth of the suits arepreferablyconsiderably larger and more under out than the teeth of theusual gin saws. 'Directly beneath the confl eyer screw 5wis' abottom'member 9 inclining slightly towardthe saw's'and substantially ina 'plane with 17 th'ejbottombf said s agivsi so-that the material be ngcarried through conreyer will naturally fall toward the lower portionof,fthe saws. The inclined bottom 9 terminates jat-a distance from thesaws and between saidf bottorn and the, saws is ,ar

rangedxa ickercylinder'm provided with a' the machine by the.

plurality of'radlallyfextending spikes or pickers 11 which carry thehulls or graboles into immediateengagementwith the saws. As soon as thismaterial, which is usually '\\'asted,-'--is brought" into contact withthe saws, the teeth of the sawsengage the fibers of cotton: containedtherein and carry the' same upwardly together withfaportion of the hullsand-trash and meansf'mu'st'be pro- -v1ded. to prevent. the adhering'hulls' and trash-from being. carried through the machine with the.cotton'and adhering seed.

1 Ar anged above thesaws Z isQa shaft-'12,-

-paral el with "he saw shaft arena upon which ismo'unted a suitablebeater which will knock the hulls and trash loose, fromthe fiber onthesaws and :backto the-com .::VBy1' 5. j Although the beater may beofvarious forms; I' prefer that illustrated in vey from therngchinc thehulls :that drop may. constitute the power shaft and the oth- I powershaft.

v shaft 22 of the p equipped with a 'secondggea-r 23meshing j with thepicker cylinder 10 andth'e conveyor tinctl'y understood as -tha meansfor-removing thecotlton fi ers from the hull and gra-boles which hasheretofore been wasted. ,It is in no sense to be consid- Y I name tothis specification in the. chine for handling the cotton as picked, asit.

'cannot be practically or-protitabl operated Y for this purpose.-Howcver,-fori t e purpose a hub 13 and a pluralityof arms 14,;w

the drawings. Asshown. therein the beater comprises fa plurality ofsimilar members to the shaft 12 and each consistin log are preferablycurved asshown; @Th members are spaced apart by'blocks-15 so as toalternate -w1ththe-saws with the ends ofiF 9i the drawingj; In orderthat the beater-ma assist the "'conveyer 5 in agimachine I arrangeythebeater of the arms of the preto form a; spiral or- An inclinejlG is.proj-- vided beneath the piokercylinder 10 to con-jsl'ightly in advancel[)u'etvqecn the cylinder and the saws and mom: era: f

Arranged behind'the saws 7 is a brush, 17 for'jremoving the .seedcottonfrom-the saws and depositing the same in an outlet duct or. passage-nayl8.

- At the end of the machine repose the inlet 3 the leasing;

is left open at the end of 9 in' order that the dereadily discharged.

The machine may be cared u i ny suitable manner, that is, either of t eshafts ers uerive' their motion therefrom. Inpractice Iprefer'to drivethe saw; shaft 6 as the Said shaft is provided with a gear 20 meshing,wi-th a gear 2L on the brush 1? and the-shaft 22 is with a large gear.24' (in thebeater shaft-.12. Sprocket gearing .25 connects the shaft- 5is' pre erabl'y-independently driven by a be1t26. .l 1'

' The purpose of inyv inveniion'is to be disof roviding ered'as acotton'cleaning machine or a ma-' fpr which it is: intended I. have,- byactual practice been able tosave from $15.00 to $160.00 worth ofcottonper day foreach maconveyer being screw. conveyer for comprising atrash from t chines in" speittin,- v&hici1 an is" in th usual processdestroyed or wasted;

.Havmg described 'lng agcasing apl'urality oi spaced rotary with that ofthe" saws to'convey the material low" said I conveyor inclined toward.said from the gins or I saws in said casing,- a screw conyeyer in said*Qasihg adapted to rotate on'an axis parallel 5 .slow-l'y.a'cross thefaceof the latter, abottom.

s'nw's, and terminating at a distance therefrom, a picker,cylinden-arrangecl between and a beater'ii'rranged above said sa ws thescribed.

from the hulls delivered from the gins or other separators-01' fromgrabgles,:coii 1prising a plurality of'spacedtrotary saws,- a carrymg.vthe; inateris? .70 said saws undadjacent'edge ofsald bottom,

casing at the disclun qe. end of said screw open; s ibstantially as dei2 A machine for rem'oving'so'ed cotton,

across the 'face 'of said saws and a. beater plurality of spaced rotarymembers each consisting ofa hub and a plura'lity of amiss-the arms. ofeach of said members being arranged in advanc'eof those "of theformatlon, substantially as and, for the purreceding member-to produceaspirnl pose specified.-

' 3. A machinefor removing seed cotton using, a plu said casing,

from the hulls, comprising a rality of spaced rotary sawsi a sclreviconi'eyer in said casing'i'adapted to rotato on-t n'axis parallel'withthat of the saws to convey 'the material 's'lm'vly across the face-ofthe latter,- a picker cylinderbetween "saidmOm'eycrand said sa-wsfforconveying-the' material-from the former to'the latter, and-a beatera'grangediabove and cooperating wl conveyer; the casing atthe-discharge.end of san hul-ls and-trash'are delivered from'the n'ia-- chine,substantiall -as'described.

Intestimony w ereof I havoslgned my two subscribing witnesses.

.Wi-tnessesr. I A. E.'-R0LAND,'

; Clue; H 02min;

th the sawsj tfo remove hnllsf'and he saws to deposit theminthe presenceof ioo w d screw. 'conveyerbeing open whereby the

